The Middle Colonies in Colonial America
Sites Specific to the Middle Colonies in Colonial America

Academic Kids' Encyclopedia : Colonial America: Middle Colonies: Complete historical facts

Colonial North America 1492-1763: Links to sites important to the growth of Colonial North America.

Colonization: The Middle Colonies: Lots of informational links to facts and information about colonization and the American colonies

The Middle Colonies as the Birthplace of American Religious Pluralism: Facts and information about religious pluralism in the Middle Colonies

The Middle Colonies : A Brief History

Outline of American History: The Middle Colonies: Facts and information about the Middle Colonies in colonial times

The Middle Colonies: Brief historical facts about each individual colony

United States History: The Middle Colonies: Short history of the Middle Colonies in colonial times

US History: The Middle Colonies: History of the Middle Colonies in colonial times


Sites Which Include Information about the Middle Colonies in Colonial America

13 Originals: The history of the original 13 colonies

Thirteen Colonies: Historical facts and information

The American Colonist's Library: A Treasury of Primary Source Documents: A massive collection of the literature and documents which were most relevant to the colonists' lives in America



Facts about the Thirteen American Colonies

America's First Families: 1600s Colonial Ancestors: Information on notable settlers in the 1600's; Biographies available by clicking on a name

Colonization: Lots of informational links to facts and information about colonization and the American colonies

History of Colonial America Documentation by MSN Encarta

Thirteen Colonies: Historical facts and information


The Four Original Middle Colonies Pennsylvania
Delaware Colonial Pennsylvania
Brief History of Delaware Colonial Pennsylvania: Making of a Quaker Colony
Delaware History Province of Pennsylvania
The Delaware Colony A Background to Pennsylvania History
The Making of 50 States: Delaware Pennsylvania State History: On the Eve of Colonization
New Jersey New York
New Jersey History Colonial New York
Colonial History of New Jersey The Province of New York
Early New Jersey History Early New York Timeline - from PBS Kids
  History of New York City

Documents Important to Colonial Middle Colonies  
Charter of Delaware Constitution of New York
Constitution of Delaware Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania
Constitution of New Jersey Constitution of Pennsylvania

The Importance of the Dutch in the Middle Colonies  
A Bit of Dutch History First Dutch Settlers


People Important to the Middle Colonies Henry Hudson
John Berkeley Henry Hudson: Explorer
John Berkeley - Baron of Stratton Henry Hudson: Sea Explorer
John Berkeley - Biography Henry Hudson: An Englishman in Dutch Service
Sir George Carteret Peter Minuit
Sir George Carteret Peter Minuit purchases Manhattan
Sir George Carteret - Biography Peter Minuit Biography
Olaudah Equiano Peter Stuyvesant
Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa) Peter Stuyvesant - from PBS Kids
Olaudah Equiano's Life Peter Stuyvesant - Biography
Olaudah Equiano William Penn
Benjamin Franklin William Penn : Biography
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) William Penn : Founder of Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin William Penn: Friend of the Quakers
Benjamin Franklin : One of the Founding Father William Penn Plans the City of Philadelphia

Religion in the Middle Colonies  
Introduction to Quaker Beliefs and Practices Religion in the Middle Colonies
Quaker History John Woolman : Quaker Preacher

Native Americans Important to the Middle Colonies  
The Delaware Iroquois History
Flag of the Iroquois League Iroquois Wars and Iroquois League

Learn More about the above Native American Indians at the KID INFO Native American Page


Colonial Charters

Colonial Charters, Grants, and Related Documents: From Yale Law School - A list of documents and their texts for every colony in early America - dates supplied as well


Maps of Early America Rare Map Collection - Colonial America


Other Colonial Pages  
The Jamestown Colony The Plymouth Colony
The Lost Colony of Roanoke The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies The Southern Colonies




American History Calendar

American History Calendar: A calendar site showing American history in a unique way: through a user-friendly web calendar. Birthdays of important people in American history and important events in American history can be viewed; interactive - browse through it and display details on a specific person or event. A printer friendly version of the calendar is also available.


American History Museum

Smithsonian National Museum of American History:Discover history through objects, photographs, interactive timelines: Complete archived collections - excellent!


History Search Engine

HistoryBuff: Search for resources and information about historical events, people, and places


The History Channel

The History Channel: Each month the History Channel takes new explorations into the past and puts them on display for you, utilizing state-of-the-art interactive technology; listen to speeches drawn from the most famous broadcasts and recordings of the Twentieth Century. The History Channel Time Machine brings you to a different speech every day; trivia quiz; fact of the day; games


U.S. History Images

U.S. History Images: What better way to learn about and appreciate the history of the United States than through viewing the illustrations of artists from the last century and a half! The images are all in the public domain and are free for anyone to use in any way after viewing the Terms of Use. This website is a work in progress and new images are always being added. Present topics for images include: Life in the Colonies, Colonial Patriots, Native Americans, Native American Culture, The Age of Exploration, and Explorers


Educational American History Powerpoints
Educational American History Videos


Reference Sites to Help in Your Research

1upinfo.com: A free encyclopedia to use for researching topics - SEARCHABLE by keyword

American Memory Learning Page of the Library of Congress: Historical collections of photographs, documents, motion pictures, and sound recordings about American culture and history - SEARCHABLE by keyword

Biographies of Famous People Both Past and Present: - SEARCHABLE by keyword

The Biographic Dictionary: Covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day- SEARCHABLE by keyword

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z

Information Please: On-Line Dictionary; Encyclopedia; Almanac, and MORE

Who2: Find famous people biographies fast! This site also lists links to more information about each person. - SEARCHABLE by keyword



Links to Other History Sites that Might also Contain Information about the Middle Colonies

Archiving Early America: A wealth of resources about 18th Century America, original newspapers, maps, writings, biographies

Historical Text Archive Archive: Collection of Essays about important events in history

History Place: American Revolution, Civil War, featured articles, history of the U.S.A.

Liberty Online: Historical People and their words, historical documents, historical geography, battle maps, links to other map sites


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